Henry Herbert Edes collection, 1642-1914.

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Henry Herbert Edes collection, 1642-1914.

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Historical documents collected by historian and antiquarian Henry Herbert Edes, 1642-1914. Includes papers related to the history of Charlestown (Boston), Mass. such as First Church of Charlestown records; a diary kept by Seth Sweetser, Charlestown town clerk, 1767-78; military papers of Col. Thomas Marshall kept during the Revolutionary War; Bunker Hill Drill Club records, 1861; and a manuscript copy of an address delivered by R.C. Winthrop to the Bunker Hill Monument Association, 1883. Also includes letters, sermons and prison visiting records of minister Thomas Prentiss, 1815-17; a list of convicts at the Massachusetts State Prison in Charlestown, 1818-26; manuscript copy of an addresses by George E. Ellis, 1869; diaries and exercise books kept by Edward Wheelwright while a student at Harvard University, 1841-42; and Edes family papers among many other items.

8 boxes, 14 v. and 1 oversize box. PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Wheelwright, Edward, 1824-1900

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Massachusetts State Prison

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The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the Massachusetts state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956. From the description of Minutes of the State Prison Society, 1846-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86144176 The State Prison at charlestown, Boston, ...

Prentiss, Thomas, 1793-1817.

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Marshall, Thomas, 1730-1802.

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Surveyor of Fayette County, Ky. From the description of Account book, 1780-1783. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49254294 ...

Edes family.

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Bunker Hill Drill Club.

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Edes, Henry Herbert, 1849-1922

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Ellis, George Edward, 1814-1894

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Unitarian clergyman, divinity professor and historian. From the description of George E. Ellis manuscript [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191117953 George Ellis was a Unitarian minister from Boston who wrote Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle and Monument in 1844. From the description of George E. Ellis papers, 1707-1872. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 232304387 ...

First Church (Charlestown, Boston, Mass.)

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Town founded in 1630; churched gathered 1632; First Parish incorporated in 1803; separatist split in 1749; Charlestown annexed to Boston in 1874; affiliated with UCC since 1962; extant as First Church, UCC, in 1996. From the description of Records, 1632-1880. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70945608 ...

Bunker Hill Monument Association

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Organized 1823 for the purpose of building a monument commemorating the Battle of Bunker Hill. From the description of Certificate, 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926774 Incorporated in 1823 for the purpose of purchasing the battlegrounds of June 17, 1775 and constructing on the site a suitable memorial; the association maintained the monument and grounds until 1919 when it was turned over to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; in 1976 the Bunker Hill Monument was tra...